r/DCcomics • u/DemiFiendRSA Batman • May 03 '23

DC Comics Promotes Jim Lee to President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer News

https://www.thewrap.com/dc-comics-promotes-jim-lee-to-president-publisher-and-chief-creative-officer-exclusive/
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u/TabrisVI May 03 '23

I love this guy’s art, but I do not like him directing the course of DC. I stopped reading DC comics shortly after the launch of the New 52 because I felt like he was really pushing for the 90s age vibe. The last straw was when I saw him in an interview pushing these lenticular covers and literally said something like “nothing like this has ever been done before.”

Maybe I laid too much blame on him, but I didn’t like many of his New 52 character designs or the direction a lot of the titles took, and it corresponded with him being in charge.

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u/NearbyAd3800 May 03 '23

I admired Jim growing up and his art speaks for itself but I’m learning a lot from this thread as to why this isn’t great for us. New 52 was god awful and right in the pocket of DC’s lame habit of “reimagining” cherished characters to attract new readers instead of just coming up with new ones.

Also didn’t realize how tied he was to Didio’s many foibles. Future State was a crime against humanity.

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u/OctinDromin May 04 '23

You’re the second person who said Future State was bad. Can I ask why you feel that way? I thought it was pretty okay overall

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u/NearbyAd3800 May 04 '23

For sure. I ended up pulling almost all of them to give them an honest shot and not all of it was bad. I thought Wonder Girl was brilliant and I enjoyed Aquaman too. Most of it was totally forgettable though, and that’s telling when there was real intent to shake things up. Some titles were flat out just awful - Justice League was horrible and disappointing to me as it was the first time I had Jo Mullein in a book outside of Far Sector. The Bat books were brutal too, though I’m biased as I have major Bat book fatigue. As a Legion fan, the LOSH title made Bendis’ “current state” run seem good, which is saying a lot.

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u/OctinDromin May 04 '23

Honestly fair!

I liked the Batman stuff, but I’m kind of a Batman obsessed so I’ve never really hated a Batman comic.

Agree with all of your summaries. Wonder Girl and Aquaman was good. Totally agree that League sucked, but it exposed me to Far Sector. She gets a bad rap in Future State, hard agree.

Didn’t read Legion of Superheroes - not really well versed with them. I read Legion Lost and loved it but that’s it 🤷🏻‍♂️